Dear Editor, I have been saddened by the racist politics being orchestrated by the Republicans. I have been a state representative for the past 18 years and I have represented Democrats and Republicans, blacks and whites equally. W More...

Equines of the longeared variety often come to mind when I correspond with the Jamestown Jackass, whom I first met years ago over lunch on the Causeway across Mobile Bay. James Lutzweiler, my friend from Jamestown, N.C., often calls me from his More...

 The prospectors of 1849 might not have realized it, but you’re more likely to find a 5-carat diamond than a 1- ounce nugget of gold.  You might be surprised — and, depending on your temperament, terrified — to learn that ba More...